This has got to be the most expensive troop transport (read - throw away ship) in the history of the game.

Once you invade a planet, the transport ship is gone. So the huge expense incurred by this ship is totally wasted. And since it has Doomray's and all three of the highest defense techs, as well as a few other ultimate techs, it will not become available in the game until the tech tree is nearly completely researched.

I ask again - how about just the bare hull, so I can outfit it in a way that makes at least a little sense?